How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.’
Matthew 21:45 - New International Version (Anglicised) When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them. American Standard Version (1901) And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. Common English Bible Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parable, they knew Jesus was talking about them. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the leaders of the priests, and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them. |
How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.’
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.’
They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
One of the experts in the law answered him, ‘Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.’
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.